The ALM team also produces a clear and concise report package that monitors financial performance and measures earnings fluctuations under a broad range of plausible interest-rate scenarios, factoring in such assumptions as changing interest rates, custom account behaviors, prepayments, new business pricing and non-term share pricing.

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Derivative Hedging Services

Interest rate derivatives are financial contracts executed between two parties, designed to protect the balance sheet from exposure to changing interest rates. Derivatives have been used successfully for risk mitigation by financial institutions for more than 20 years.

Catalyst Strategic Solutions' Derivatives Hedging Services program guides credit unions through the process of implementing a derivatives hedging program from start to finish. Leveraging experience as an approved vendor under the NCUA’s derivatives investment pilot program, Catalyst Strategic Solutions already has the systems and expertise in place to assist credit unions with implementation.

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Visible Equity – Data Analytic Tools

Catalyst Strategic Solutions and Salt Lake City-based Visible Equity, LLC have teamed up to provide credit unions greater access to state-of-the-art analytic tools. The products enable credit unions to remain current on ever-changing market trends and to make better-informed, data-driven decisions. The analytics also help credit unions meet new industry standards for risk analysis and actively manage portfolios while preparing for increasingly challenging examinations.